Archive for the “History”

Several people have inquired about the provenance of my name, “von Korncrake.” Most of these interlocutors have noted that the bird known in the British Isles as the “corncrake” (Latin crex crex, named onomatopoeically after its distinctive call) is known in German as the the WachtelkÃ¶nig (“King of Quails”) not the “Korncrake”. Presumeably this is […]